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Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line
Edited with text by Tomoko Sato. Text by Kelli Bodle, Camille Brown, Aimee Marcereau DeGalan, Joe Quesada, Christian Waguespack.
A fabulous tribute to the artist whose stylized poster designs defined Art Nouveau's visual language, and whose influence can be seen everywhere from manga to the Grateful Dead
This volume reappraises the graphic work of Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) and explores its influence on graphic art since the 1960s. Published in conjunction with a touring exhibition to five leading museums in the US and Mexico, this volume provides an opportunity to survey the development of Mucha’s style, which evolved to be synonymous with Art Nouveau. It explores how it was rediscovered by later generations of artists, becoming a new artistic idiom for the Psychedelic Art of the 1960s and 1970s as well as a wide range of visual culture from the late 20th century to today, exemplified by American comics, Japanese manga and street murals. Coinciding with the opening of the new Mucha Museum in the baroque Savarin Palace in Prague, Timeless Mucha is organized into three thematic sections: Inspirations for the Mucha Style, Le Style Mucha, and Art Nouveau and The Rebirth of the Mucha Style and Its Legacy. The first two sections focus on Mucha’s artistic development, examining the theoretical basis of Mucha’s style—famously known as "le style Mucha" in fin-de-siècle Paris—and its context. Tracing the artist's footsteps from his youth in Moravia through the 1890s, when he attained fame as a poster artist, the first section highlights a selection of works of art, crafts and books from his own collection. The third section explores visual links between Mucha’s artistic idiom and the styles developed by later generations of artists. While Mucha's style continues to influence today's visual culture, including fashion, animation movies and computer games, this catalog also focuses on a philosophical aspect of Mucha's legacy: the art of message-making.
This book was published in conjunction with D.A.P.
Featured image is reproduced from 'Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line.'
PRAISE AND REVIEWS
The Washington Post
Philip Kennicott
Sinuous, sensuous and elegant.
Air Mail
Elena Clavarino
[Mucha's] ornate compositions, sinuous lines, and ethereal depictions of women—hallmarks of the Art Nouveau style—captivated the public and confirmed his reputation.
Hyperallergic
Lakshmi Rivera Amin
[A] fascinating glimpse into a web of global influences, market demands, and political upheaval that fills in the gaps of Mucha’s story, granting a new appreciation for his work.
Artnet
Sarah Cascone
[The] embrace of the Mucha style—even unknowingly—speaks to an artistic connection across countries, from generation to generation, underscoring the lasting power of his art.
The Washington Post
Angelica Hankins
Alphonse Mucha’s indelible images, on view at the Phillips Collection, live on in the visual style of the Grateful Dead, Final Fantasy, comics and more.
Washington CIty Paper
Stephanie Rudig
Czech painter Alphonse Mucha is essentially the poster child for poster design, responsible for elevating this commercial art into the echelon of fine art with an impeccable aesthetic and the sensibility of a showman.
Artnet
Tim Brinkhof
[Alphonse Mucha's 'Gismonda'] set the standard for the ensuing decades.
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Monday, March 31, from 6–8 PM, New York's Poster House is pleased to mark the publication of Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line with a conversation between Tomoko Sato, Curator of the Mucha Foundation and the book’s editor; Mỹ Linh Triệu Nguyễn, graphic designer, founder of STUDIO LHOOQ, and the book’s designer; and Angelina Lippert, Poster House’s Executive Director and Curator. Books will be available for purchase at the event. continue to blog
Please join us at Table 33, Tuesday, February 25 and Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at the ABA’s 20th Annual Winter Institute in Denver, Colorado! Artbook | D.A.P. will be part of “Meet the Presses,” taking place in the Plaza Exhibit Foyer in the Sheraton Denver Downton Hotel. continue to blog
Featured spreads are from eye-popping new release Timeless Mucha, launching tonight at Poster House. Gathering works by the undisputed master of Art Nouveau illustration alongside generations of cool-as-hell graphic works made under his influence—from Grateful Dead posters and album covers to Japanese manga and street murals—this 240-page, STUDIO LHOOQ-designed, clothbound hardcover with tipped on front and back cover images, gorgeous stamping and pattern-printed paper edges is a sensual delight that is, to some extent, about sensual delight itself. In her essay on “Locks of Liberation” and Mucha’s “new” New Woman, Aimee Marcereau DeGalan invokes renowned psychedelic poster artist Bob Masse. “Art Nouveau was a bohemian revolution against the uptight previous art world. When the hippies started doing it [psychedelic art], they started using the style that they did at the turn of the century in Paris. … This was like a second bohemian revolution.” DeGalan concludes, “And it was groovy.” continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 9.5 x 12 in. / 240 pgs / 212 color / 21 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $60.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $90 GBP £51.00 ISBN: 9781636813998 PUBLISHER: Mucha Foundation AVAILABLE: 3/11/2025 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: WORLD
Published by Mucha Foundation. Edited with text by Tomoko Sato. Text by Kelli Bodle, Camille Brown, Aimee Marcereau DeGalan, Joe Quesada, Christian Waguespack.
A fabulous tribute to the artist whose stylized poster designs defined Art Nouveau's visual language, and whose influence can be seen everywhere from manga to the Grateful Dead
This volume reappraises the graphic work of Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) and explores its influence on graphic art since the 1960s. Published in conjunction with a touring exhibition to five leading museums in the US and Mexico, this volume provides an opportunity to survey the development of Mucha’s style, which evolved to be synonymous with Art Nouveau. It explores how it was rediscovered by later generations of artists, becoming a new artistic idiom for the Psychedelic Art of the 1960s and 1970s as well as a wide range of visual culture from the late 20th century to today, exemplified by American comics, Japanese manga and street murals.
Coinciding with the opening of the new Mucha Museum in the baroque Savarin Palace in Prague, Timeless Mucha is organized into three thematic sections: Inspirations for the Mucha Style, Le Style Mucha, and Art Nouveau and The Rebirth of the Mucha Style and Its Legacy. The first two sections focus on Mucha’s artistic development, examining the theoretical basis of Mucha’s style—famously known as "le style Mucha" in fin-de-siècle Paris—and its context. Tracing the artist's footsteps from his youth in Moravia through the 1890s, when he attained fame as a poster artist, the first section highlights a selection of works of art, crafts and books from his own collection. The third section explores visual links between Mucha’s artistic idiom and the styles developed by later generations of artists. While Mucha's style continues to influence today's visual culture, including fashion, animation movies and computer games, this catalog also focuses on a philosophical aspect of Mucha's legacy: the art of message-making.
This book was published in conjunction with D.A.P.
